PhD Studentship in Chemical biology of the interaction between plants and pathogenic nematodes | University of Southampton
Plant parasitic nematodes cause global crop losses of $125 billion. Current chemicals to control these pests have been withdrawn from use due to unacceptable environmental toxicity. This project will develop new experimental tools and explore new chemical agents that can be used to address this important and challenging problem. It builds on the established expertise of the academic supervisors Profs Holden-Dye and O’Connor in nematode neurobiology and involves a new collaboration with Bayer CropScience (Dr. U.